Sunday, July 8, 2018

It’s because of all the new establishments like The Book Cellar in the Downtown our two main streets, Lake and Lucerne avenues are “Jumpin’ ” once again!

Have you been to our Downtown bookstore yet, located at the corner of Lake Ave. and ‘J’ St.?

Do you remember who “Mr. Racine” was?He was a fixture around ‘J’ St. back in the day.

In the image below is Ned Racine having a conversation with Peter Lowenstein at Stella’s near City Hall in 1981. Often they frequented a bar/liquor store on ‘J’ St. too (there is another image of Racine later in this blog post).

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These two men are the actors William Hurt (on left, “Ned Racine”) and Ted Danson in the 1981classic film “Body Heat”.

Last October was the Grand Opening of The Book Cellar bookstore in Downtown Lake Worth, a short walk from where Stella’s was located. Some people think Stella’s was the former Junior’s on Lucerne Ave.

Now we have a restored building at a prominent corner in our City.
And its tenant happens to be a bookstore which is a nice addition to
the Downtown located at 801 Lake Ave. Plenty of FREE Parking is nearby in this little walkable City of Lake Worth.

One street in particular, ‘J’ St., is a happening place once again, thanks to new vibrant establishments such as The Book Cellar.

This street in our City — both north and south ‘J’ in the Downtown — was once one of our major hubs for business and entertainment in the City of Lake Worth and was even the focus of the classic film noir, “Body Heat”. This movie starred William Hurt, Kathleen Turner (this was the film that launched her career), Ted Danson, J.A. Preston and Mickey Rourke:

Does one building in particular look familiar?That 2-story white structure is now The Book Cellar!

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“Ned” with a cigarette in hand walks down‘J’ Street. He was rarely withoutone in this movie.

The scene above is “Ned” walking north. For more about this street in our City use this link for a blog post from back in June 2013 about “Jumpin’ J Street!”

Back to the Grand Opening of The Book Cellarlast October:

There were eight Cottages of Lake Worth books on display and all of them were sold. The proprietors requested more books the very next day. And kept on requesting more books. Seven months later they are selling 8–10 books a week which is a testament to the City’s historical cottages and what they represent.

Stay tuned for details about upcoming Cottages events, a list of places to go and thumb through the Cottages book, maybe purchase one or more.

In the meantime suggest you go to The Book Cellarand support a local Downtown business that justopened up in our vibrant little City:

See more photos from the Grand Opening ofThe Book Cellar below.

What’s truly amazing about this book is what publishing executives are saying: things like this are not supposed to happen; it’s just not possible for books like The Cottages of Lake Worth to sell so many books without the help of an online retailer. It just doesn’t happen. But it did. Now the advice from the experts is the price of the book (USD$32.95, CAD$34.95) was just too low.

But that’s not true either. The Cottages of Lake Worth book was and remains (sans the photographer and other professional help) an all-volunteer effort with very low overhead and money raised goes back to the organization for other things. . . like maybe ordering another delivery of books next year!

Hanging out at The Book Cellar:

Friendly residents of our City and smiles aplenty.

Everyone wishes The Book Cellar a brightfuture here in our City! Use this linkfor their Facebook page.